Property Taxes Too High?

Fast Fact:

Upper HanoverTownship

Encircling the Buroughs of East Greenville, Pennsburg, and Red Hill, our township has
a total area of 21.2 square miles (54.9 km²).
20.2 square miles (52.4 km²) of it is land and 1.0 square miles (2.5 km²) of it is water.

Welcome

This informational web page is being provided as a public service by Matthew Kells,
Tax Collector for Upper Hanover Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

I’m often asked by taxpayers, "what can be done to lower my property taxes"?
Property taxes are based on the assessed value of your property.
With the decline in real estate values, many homeowners have opted to appeal the
assessed values of their property.

This Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veteran Affairs program provides real estate
tax exemption to honorably discharged veterans who live in Pennsylvania, are 100% disabled,
and display financial need.

Pennsylvania's Homeowner Property Tax Relief Act [Act 72] became effective in September 2004.
According to this law, designated state and local revenues will be used to provide school property
tax relief to qualifying homeowners of owner occupied properties.